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It’s as easy as googling “calexit Russia” and seeing the parade of sources from reputable outlets. What’s the right phrasing for something like that? Or do I ne
by mikeash 8y ago
It’s as easy as googling “calexit Russia” and seeing the parade of sources from reputable outlets. What’s the right phrasing for something like that? Or do I need to source everything?
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoYou're right, it is that easy. The first one I found came from the BBC, which is generally regarded as reputable, by almost everybody on both sides of the Red/Blue war: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41853131 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41853131 What's the right phrasing? The way you phrased it fit a pattern in my mind. That's not much of a concern if other people don't share that pattern. (Judging by the downvotes, not many do.) To placate me, you might say "just search, and pick a source that you consider reliable" - that eliminates the possibility of some fringe view whose only sources are fringe. But that's me - that works for a sample of one; any further applicability is uncertain. > Or do I need to source everything? That might be the answer. Posts are read more than they are written. If you google it, you save 10 or 1000 readers from having to google it. (Of course, if some of your readers consider BBC to be "fringe" or "part of the deep state" or whatever, the link you choose from the search may not satisfy them...)
- mikeash 8y agoI see what you mean. I’ll keep this in mind.